David Brooks is among the most disgustingly boot-licking, power-worshiping authoritarians I've ever read in print, so his reaction here was not surprising at al

David Brooks is among the most disgustingly boot-licking, power-worshiping authoritarians I've ever read in print, so his reaction here was not surprising at all. As always, here he is whining that people won't just shut up and trust the existing institutions and power structures without stopping to question whether they have earned that trust. Another typical example: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/opinion/brooks-the-follower-problem.html http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/12/opinion/brooks-the-followe...